We are seeking a Senior Analyst to join the Systemic-Anti Cancer Treatment (SACT) Team at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, on a 1-year contract. This is an exciting opportunity to join a multidisciplinary, data driven team, and be a part of the development of our SACT Strategy and Capacity and Demand Projects.
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate, who has the necessary qualifications, skills, and experience to deliver a high-quality data, analytics and business intelligence service to the SACT service. You will have the skills to effectively communicate with a broad range of colleagues, and be capable of writing complex SQL data queries, and using data visualisation tools to produce informative dashboards. This role requires understanding of the fundamentals of data quality, and the ability to conceptualise data flows within a healthcare setting.
This is a contract position, with the option to work a mixture of onsite at The Christie or from home.
• Manage their own day-to-day activities including:
• Answering analytics requests, including producing statistical reports and dashboards
• Designing and producing Tableau dashboards to support clinical and operational functions
• Ability to explain methodologies and recommendations to a wide range of audiences (technical and non-technical)
• Identify the most applicable techniques and variables to meet the customer’s needs, investigating conflicting information
• Investigating outliers and data quality issues
• Providing data to support research and audit projects
• Completing project documentation and delivering projects to agreed specifications
• Recommend improvements in reporting, software, or other systems, which contribute to the performance of the systems or accuracy of data
• Be an expert in the trusts reporting requirements and support this function.
• Work closely with data engineering to improve the data warehouse, escalating where changes may impact on analyst products.
• Post holder must be adept at researching and understanding complex, multi-departmental clinical data flows
• Test own work and peer-review team member’s work
• Prioritise and plan own work appropriately
• To explore and stay up to date with various analytics techniques, advising on those optimal for the purpose
• Present information to technical and non-technical colleagues, altering tone and content to meet the needs of the intended audience.
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
General
1. Manage their own day-to-day activities including
• Answering analytics requests, including producing statistical reports and dashboards.
• Designing and producing Tableau dashboards to support clinical and operational functions.
• Ability to explain methodologies and recommendations to a wide range of audiences (technical and non-technical).
• Identify the most applicable techniques and variables to meet the customer’s needs, investigating conflicting information.
• Investigating outliers and data quality issues
• Providing data to support research and audit projects
• Completing project documentation and delivering projects to agreed specification
2. Recommend improvements in reporting, software, or other systems, which contribute to the performance of the systems or accuracy of data
3. Be an expert in the trusts reporting requirements and support this function.
4. Work closely with data engineering to improve the data warehouse, escalating where changes may impact on analyst products.
5. Post holder must be adept at researching and understanding complex, multi- departmental clinical data flows.
6. Test own work and peer-review team member’s work
7. Prioritise and plan own work appropriately
8. To explore and stay up to date with various analytics techniques, advising on those optimal for the purpose
9. Present information to technical and non-technical colleagues, altering tone and content to meet the needs of the intended audience.
10. Contact customers and digital and deal with issues associated with access to data. Deliver bad news to customers when necessary, such as delays in provision of data; suggest alternative approaches; provide support to reduce data quality issues.
11. Be a point of contact for CODU, managing queries, problems, requests, and incidents ensuring they are logged and tracked.
12. Post holder must conform to Trust and departmental procedures and working practices, seeking further advice and information when necessary.
13. Expert at understanding problems and utilising various software to provide data insight tools using appropriate analytical techniques.
14. An exceptional attention to detail, ensuring high quality and efficient new processes are implemented.
15. Work closely with other teams in digital services (software development, data engineering) to understand cross over in work streams, and potential implications.
16. Be continuously aware of changes to working practices for colleagues across the trust. Ensure that products are amended to reflect these changes and meet expectations of stakeholders.
This advert closes on Thursday 13 Mar 2025
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